Rclone vs Syncthing
A side-by-side comparison of Rclone and Syncthing — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Command-line program to sync files across 70+ cloud storage providers | Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization between your own devices |
| Category | File Storage & Sync | File Storage & Sync |
| Replaces | Dropbox, Google Drive, Box | Dropbox, Google Drive |
| GitHub stars | 57k | 85k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 4 days ago | 5 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |